Bhoger Khichuri Recipe
Bhoger Khichuri is a delicious dish prepared on various festivals and special occasions, and Durga Puja is one of them. It's said that Durga Puja Ashtami feast is incomplete without this yummy bowl of hot spicy Khichuri cooked with Mung Dal and Gobindobhog Rice.
Bhoger Khichuri Recipe
Ingredients:
Recipe :
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Step 1 Dry roast dal and rice, and then soak rice
To prepare this dish, dry roast the dal and gobindobhog rice over medium flame. Wash them thoroughly after dry roasting and set aside. After that, soak the rice in water.
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Step 2 Prepare the tempering and fry coconut cubes
Put a pot over medium flame and heat mustard oil in it. Add 1 tsp cumin seeds and dry red chilli. As jeera starts spluttering, add the tender coconut cubes.
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Step 3 Fry potato cubes with coconut
As coconut cubes start changing colour, add the potato cubes and fry them as well. Fry them for few minutes. (Make sure to boil potato cubes before frying, not only it fastens cooking but also makes potatoes healthy as the water with starch has been drained out, also even boiled potatoes makes the Khichuri tastier.)
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Step 4 Add tomato with ginger paste
Then, add water as much needed. Stir well and then add salt to taste, 1 tsp turmeric powder and chop the tomato into cubes and put it in the pot. Add 1/2 tsp ginger paste.
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Step 5 Cook dal and rice into it
Add the roasted dal. Cover with a lid and cook till dal gets half cooked. Add the water-soaked rice and sugar to taste. Stir well, and cover with a lid and wait till the nice aroma of the rice starts coming out. It means rice is ready.
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Step 6 Garnish with ghee and garam masala and serve hot
Add ghee and garam masala powder and finish cooking. Serve hot with Beguni or crispy Aloo Bhaja.
